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2022 Stanley Cup Final: What we learned in Game 5 as the Tampa Bay Lightning extend the series to Game 6

The Stanley Cup was in the building. The fans were buzzing. The Colorado Avalanche were on the precipice of a third championship. Then the game started, and the Tampa Bay Lightning displayed the resilience that has carried them to back-to-back Cups, and on to Game 6 in their quest for a three-peat. Their 3-2 win […]

Key tripping call that flipped Game 5 ‘a tough one’, says Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar

DENVER — Colorado coach Jared Bednar wasn’t happy about a controversial penalty call in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday that helped determine the Avalanche’s fate in a 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay. Bednar’s team led the series 3-1 entering Game 5 with a chance to hoist the Cup on home ice. […]

2022 Stanley Cup Final: How Nathan MacKinnon can pull out of a scoring drought

The Colorado Avalanche superstar is mired in a mini scoring drought, with zero goals and two assists through three Cup Final games against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was held off the scoresheet entirely in Colorado’s 6-2 drubbing by the Lightning in Game 3. The old MacKinnon would have cursed his lack of production, dangerously […]

Colorado Avalanche travel without injured Andre Burakovsky ahead of Game 3 of Stanley Cup Final

DENVER — Colorado’s Andre Burakovsky will not travel with the team to Tampa on Sunday after suffering an injury in the Avalanche’s 7-0 drubbing of the Lightning in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday. Coach Jared Bednar said Burakovsky is still being evaluated and would join the Avalanche in Tampa on Monday. […]

‘He’s a huge X factor:’ Valeri Nichushkin is peaking at just the right time for the Avalanche

Valeri Nichushkin was dominant on the ice. To the uninitiated, Nichushkin’s terrific all-around performance in Colorado’s 4-3 overtime victory in Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning — including a goal and a key assist on Andre Burakovsky’s game-winner — might have been surprising. He’s easily the least heralded top-line skater in this series, hidden […]

Andre Burakovsky plays playoff hero again, scores OT winner to lift Colorado Avalanche to Game 1 victory in Stanley Cup Final

DENVER — Andre Burakovsky was like a kid on Christmas morning before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. Only he ended up delivering the gift. Colorado’s big winger scored the game winner in overtime to lift the Avalanche past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 for a 1-0 lead in the series. Burakovsky […]

Jadeveon Clowney re-signed with Cleveland Browns so he could play again with Deshaun Watson

BEREA, Ohio — Jadeveon Clowney admitted Thursday that he ultimately decided he would be re-signing with the Cleveland Browns once he knew quarterback Deshaun Watson was headed to Cleveland, too. “I thought I played well here last year, and I feel like I can get better and pick off from what I did last year,” […]

2022 Stanley Cup Final: Answering the biggest questions for Colorado Avalanche-Tampa Bay Lightning

The 2022 Stanley Cup Final is set to begin Wednesday night in Denver, and it promises to be one of the best matchups in recent memory. The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to become the first team to three-peat since the New York Islanders won four in a row from 1980 to 1983. The high-flying […]

Andre Burakovsky (leg) keeps ‘making progress,’ should be 100 percent for Colorado Avalanche

The Avalanche forward blocked a shot off his leg in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Edmonton Oilers, forcing him out of the next two games. He returned for Colorado’s series-clinching Game 4 victory — replacing the injured Nazem Kadri — but it wasn’t until the last couple of days that Burakovsky […]

2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: Can the Oilers come back? Who is the MVP for the Avalanche so far?

Following the Colorado Avalanche’s 4-2 victory in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals, the Edmonton Oilers are one loss away from a sweep. After a six-goal outburst in Game 1, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl & Co. have managed just two combined in the following two contests. Will the Oilers solve the Avalanche puzzle in […]

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